# Amputations at KOHLER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2016076680` · 7/22/2016 · KOHLER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** KOHLER CO.
- **Location:** 444 Highland Dr., KOHLER, WISCONSIN, 53044
- **NAICS:** 332998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 22, 2016, at approximately 4:57 a.m., an employee was attempting to clean a jammed chute when a gate closed and pinched his finger(s) resulting in an amputation to his right index finger just past the first knuckle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*